Earth Trusteeship and the Sovereign State: Transforming International Environmental Law

This book makes an argument for the legal role and responsibility of sovereign states in the trusteeship of the Earth.

In 1972, the first photo of the Earth – Blue Marble – sparked the imagination and need to care for our planet. In the same year, the world’s first UN conference on the environment adopted the Stockholm Declaration, proclaiming that the Earth’s natural resources and ecosystems "must be safeguarded for the benefit of present and future generations". Today, the Earth’s ecologic...